The only fruits and vegetables my daughter will eat is applesauce, bananas, and dried cranberries. I offer her everything I make every time I serve it, but she turns her nose up at everything. Sometimes I can get her to try something, but that’s just when she knows she can get a Hershey Kiss for dessert. My son is a lot better at trying vegetables, but tends not to eat them. He prefers fruit. We are stuck in a ‘boring’ rut. I am not a short order cook, so if I serve something, and they don’t eat, they go hungry. I don’t want them to go hungry, so I’ll usually make at least one thing I know they’ll eat.  

My Mother In Law (MIL) called me this afternoon and told me to turn on Oprah because her guest, Jessica Seinfeld, was talking about how to get your kids to eat vegetables.  Jessica has just released a new book called Deceptively Delicious.  My MIL said she was going to order one for me, and I can’t wait for it to get here. Not only is the book (and Jessica) cute as a button, it’s all about ways to sneak vegetables into your kids’ (and your) diet. Her secret is adding similarly colored pureed vegetables to your favorite foods.

Jessica Seinfeld has a brand new blog (via Oprah’s website) which I have added to my blogroll. Though she only has one entry so far, she already has a lot of recipes and I’m very excited to try them because I think my kids will actually eat these things. On Oprah today, Jessica said that she started with all of her kid’s favorite foods. That is perfect because are my kids favorite foods too! I know this has got to be a good thing because my picky husband told me the banana bread with peanut butter and cauliflower puree (as seen on the show) sounded good!

Check it out and let me know what you think! I’d love to know if you try any of the recipes too.

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